WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL (MTU 9) 303 West Exchange Street, PO Box 6 Jerseyville, IL 62052 Phone: 618.498.5611 Fax: 618.498.2264 Email: [email protected] Director: Eric Pingolt Chairman: Sheriff Don Schieferdecker Vice-Chairman: Sheriff Don Albrecht Website: www.mtu9.org Funded in Partnership with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board (Serving the Counties of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler and Scott) OCTOBER 15, 2014 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM West Central IL Criminal Justice Council – MTU 9 Office 303 West Exchange Jerseyville, IL About the Instructor Derrick Bartlett is a twenty-eight year veteran of law enforcement. In Illinois, he spent eight years on SWAT, both as an entry operator and sniper. As a member of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, he served as a SWAT/Sniper for over sixteen years, and was responsible for team training. He is state-certified instructor in firearms and SWAT-related fields. As Director of Snipercraft, Inc., he has provided instruction for snipers and supervisors for nearly one thousand law enforcement agencies throughout the US and Canada. He is the author of the books, Snipercraft: The Art of the Police Sniper, Riding the Recoil and Staring at the Crosshairs, and is a contributing author to the training manual, Police Sniper Training and Operations. Derrick is the creator and primary instructor of Tactical Vision, an observation skills course for police officers and tactical personnel. This program is the next progressive step in officer safety training. About the Course In lethal confrontations, including domestic or international terrorist acts, an officer’s ability to see and accurately process visual input in high speed will define that thin line between life and death, between apprehending dangerous criminals and failure. It is the first step, and the most important step, in the OODA loop decision-making process: An officer must Observe the threat, Orient to its circumstance, Decide upon an appropriate response, then Act on that decision. If an officer cannot observe a threat efficiently and accurately, before it happens, he will be forced to react to the assailant, potentially in a lethal encounter. Vision is passive. Without paying attention, an individual may see an object without perceiving and recognizing the object. It’s the brain’s way of filtering the massive amount of stimulus from its senses, received at any given moment. Without this ability, an individual will experience sensory overload. When the brain selectively ignores a critical set of stimuli, it’s called perceptual blindness. This workshop will immerse police officers in concepts and exercises designed to make them better “trained observers.” It offers an awareness of perceptual blindness and a set of drills, including flash recognition drills that will teach offices to guard against this blindness and observe the necessary stimuli to maintain officer safety. Learning Objectives ♦ Make officers aware of the scope of the problem of Perceptual Blindness, and how it affects their performance and safety. ♦ Teach officers the mechanics of vision. ♦ Introduce officers to the various components of Perceptual Blindness. ♦ Teach officers how to recognize the limitations of their vision, and give them the training tools to overcome the problem. ♦ Teach officers how to integrate their new visual skills into daily activities like investigations, handling service calls and driving, both routine and pursuit. To Register: Email registration to [email protected]. You may also visit our website at www.mtu9.org and go to the ‘Forms’ tab, complete the form and submit; or call 618-498-5611 to register by phone. All registrations must go through your Sheriff, Chief, or Training Officer. This project is supported by Homeland Security Funds awarded by the Illinois Terrorism Task Force through the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute MTU 9’s request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board